Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-06-10

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Friday, June 10, 1857.
AND now the railroads are quarreling
with each other about the interstate
commerce bill. When railroads fall out
the people get their dues.
Mr.. CLEVELAND may not be popular,
as his enemies assert, but the way the
Democrats are winning the elections is
very striking and shows that something
Is touching the people.
The Presidential party up in the Adj
irondack mountains have been kept 50
busy fighting flies and mosquitoes that
they could catch scarcely any fish. They
missed it by not coming to Shepherds
town.
The Prohibitionists throughout the
country are taking fresh grip, and are
fighting King Alcohol with all their
might. They are making dead set for
West Virginia. We prophesy they will
capture it.
The Apache Indians are on the war
path again. They have been fed and
sheltered by the government all winter,
but now that summer has arrived they
go out on their customary tours of muir
der and violence.
AN advertisement in medical paper
says that skeletons are ruling firm and
high this year. This is rather strange,
for there are doubtless thousands of
families that would sell the skeletons in
their closets very cheap.
IT is said that Chicago spectators
have s25 ,OO0, 900 invested in wheat, and
they will squeezerhe price up to good
figure before they let it drop. The
enormous price of coffee is still kept up
by the New York spectators, and as
usual the people are the sufferers.
The Democrats in some of the de-
partments at Washington are somplain-
ing of lonesomeness. There are not
enough in any one room to preserve
their cheerfulness among The hosts OF
Republicans that surround them. And
this complaint under Democratic al
ministration!
ANOTHER woman has been sentenced
to be hung in New York. If she is eX-
ecuted she will be the second victim this
year. She may deserve severe punish
ment, but it does seem horrible thing
in this enlightened age and this civil
lied country to have woman publicly
strangled to death.
THERE seems to be a general revival
of train robberies in the West. During
the past few months number of trains
have been stopped by desperadoes and
the express and mail rifled of money.
When big fellow emphasizes his re-
quests for valuables with shotgun the
said valuables are generally forthcom-
ing.
1T is said that ship. load of coLvicts
are on their way to America from Brit
ish penal colonies. They are so low and
vicious and worthless that the English
cannot stand them, so their passage is
paid and they are sent to America. Such
emigrants are not wanted here, and
Congress should make laws at its next
session to prevent such imposition by
foreign powers.
The administration has notified the
various railroad companies that on or
before June 9th they must give up all
indemnity lands that they have unlaw-
fully taken possession of. By this order
there will be restored to the govern
ment for the use of settlers abont lO0,-
DOC, 900 acres Of land equal in amount to
the whole of New England. The peo-
pie must give President Cleveland credit
for this.
THE statement is made that work on
the new steel warships for the govern
ment is progressing most satisfactorily.
The steel manufacturers are furnishing
a better grade of metal than ever before,
owing to the strict accountability to
which they are held, and they are fur
nishing it rapidly, too. This admins
tration will do more in four years to-
ward having respectable navy than
was done in the twenty years previous.
JOHN SHERMAN has set the ball rolling
for his Presidential boom. In recent